White House is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.

White House

WRENN ID
gentle-spandrel-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
House
Address
White House, North Avenue, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 600 027
Coordinates
52.61938, -1.11509
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White House is a building from 1897, designed by Ernest Gimson for Arthur Gimson. It is constructed of whitewashed brick and features a slate roof with gabled ends and red brick chimney stacks. The building has an L-shaped plan and consists of two storeys and an attic. It has segmental-headed windows that are casements with glazing bars. The most notable external feature is the windowless splayed end wall with a chimney. The building also includes moulded lead rainwater drain-pipes and gutters supported by curved wrought iron brackets, as well as flat-roofed dormers. The garden elevation has a gable to the right with a chimney on the side and two two-storey splayed bays that showcase moulded plasterwork, which includes the date 1897 and the initials A.J.G.

Local climate

White House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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